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The inevitable, unbearable politicization of the Olympics

The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing and that means that all kinds of detestable propaganda and personal politics are put on display for the world to see. Left-wing media, based in both the United States and abroad, were no doubt salivating at the chance to find U.S. athletes at the Winter Olympics in Italy and put them on the record condemning their own country. American skier Hunter Hess was happy to throw his condemnation into the pile, claiming that he had "mixed emotions" wearing the red, white, and blue, and that "it's a little hard" because "there's obviously a lot going on that I'm not the biggest fan of."